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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 22, 1813
Page
2
In the House of Commons a petition was presented against the Bill suspending penalties on Clergy Non-Resident Livings. Mr. Athurst moved the third reading. the bill was read. The Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced a bill relating to Scotch districting, read a first time and ordered for a second reading next Monday.
His Majesty the Emperor held a Council of Administration of War at ten in the morning with Duke de Feltre and other ministers. At noon the Emperor received the Council of State and presided over it. Later a Pricey Council met at four o’clock with ministers and grand dignitaries. The day also saw audiences with Crawford from the United States and a ceremony presenting battle colours to the Empress. Dispatches from Dresden reported Plauen repulse and St Cyr’s forces advancing toward Magdeburg. An imperial decree raised taxes and duties including salt and door taxes, with exceptions for several provinces. Reports from Paris, Carlsruhe, and other cities noted court and military movements across Europe.
Telegraph accounts from Leipsic claim a decisive Allied victory after battles on the 16th and 19th, with Napoleon in retreat. Austrian Russian and Prussian forces claim massive captures, prisoners, artillery, and banners, while Napoleon’s army falls back toward Dessau and Wittenberg as coalition troops close in.
The report details Austrian and Russian emperors and Prussian king at the market, with 26 generals prisoners led by Rew nier and Lauristag. Napoleon forces retreat as casualties and captures mount, including 30,009 more prisoners and many artillery pieces, with Stralsund updates and Lug figures.
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